19:30 Stratford

Thursday 31 August 2023

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Off time: 19:34 | Winning time: 4m 7.30s

Atacama Sky

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Chris Ward⁽³⁾| T: G Hanmer

11/1

Telescope gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful chaser (21f-3¼m winner) Gunner Welburn and fairly useful hurdler/chaser (2m-21f winner) Ace Fighter Pilot. Stable sent out an easy bumper winner here last month so a market move for this one would be interesting.

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Baskerville

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: A King

5/1

£5,000 Sandmason gelding. Dam unraced sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (2m-2½m winner) Doctor Linton. Newcomer from a good stable. One to note in the betting.

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Cairo King¹⁸⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden| BF

11/4

Pulled too hard when tailed off on his Fontwell bumper debut for Alan King in February but the fact he went off at only 7/4 suggests a lot better was expected. Very interesting to see how strong the betting vibes are now returning from Jamie Snowden.

Form: 9-

Helpful^h1,t1¹¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Charlie Hammond| T: B R Summers

50/1

Last of 10 on his Warwick debut in May for Paul Webber. New stable equips him with a tongue-tie.

Form: 0

Hutcheson^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Harry Cobden| T: James Owen

7/2

£2,000 New Approach gelding. Closely related to a winner and half-brother to 7 winners on Flat, including smart 5f-7f winner Final Song. Wears tongue strap. Stable has had a very good summer and a market move for this one would look significant with Harry Cobden up.

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Moon Royale³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: R P McLernon| T: J G M O'Shea

20/1

33/1, sixth of 9 in C&D bumper (good to soft) on debut 39 days ago.

Form: 6

Quechua¹¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Murray Dodd⁽⁷⁾| T: M Young

28/1

3,000 gns Australia gelding. Closely related to 1½m winner L'Enclume. Stable 1-14 in bumpers in the last 5 seasons. Watching brief is the percentage call.

Form: 5

Betty's Tiara

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Kielan Woods| T: B Pauling

5/2

Kayf Tara mare. Half-sister to bumper winner Betty's Belle. Dam poor maiden hurdler (stayed 25f). In good hands and would enter the reckoning if the betting suggests she's fancied.

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Apache Princess⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Philip Armson⁽³⁾| T: J T Stimpson

50/1

Signs of only a little ability in her 2 outings this summer.

Form: 06

Jukebox Annie

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: C Gethings| T: Claire Hitch

28/1

€2,500 Jukebox Jury filly. Dam 9.5f-11f winner on Flat in France. The stable did have a bumper winner a couple of years ago so she's worth a precautionary betting check.

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Forecasts

Betty's Tiara (5/2), Cairo King (11/4), Hutcheson (7/2), Baskerville (5/1), Atacama Sky (11/1), Moon Royale (20/1), Quechua (28/1), Jukebox Annie (28/1), Apache Princess (50/1), Helpful (50/1)

In a race where the betting is sure to provide more clues the tentative suggestion is HUTCHESON with the James Owen stable continuing in good form. Baskerville, Betty's Tiara and Atacama Sky are other newcomers with something to recommend them on paper, while the fact that Cairo King was sent off favourite for his Fontwell debut in February suggests he's thought capable of a lot better than he showed on that occasion.